Letters: A truly modern NHS would not be at the mercy of the postal system
Plus: Israel must prevail; second-home blues; where Radio 2 went wrong; Margaret Thatcher and Grantham; and a candidate for the oldest carer
Plus: Israel must prevail; second-home blues; where Radio 2 went wrong; Margaret Thatcher and Grantham; and a candidate for the oldest carer
Plus: Record migrant crossings; the switch to digital landlines; nuclear energy security; the BBC’s dark clouds; and a healthy Hoover
Plus: Disillusioned Tory voters: Windrush memories; floral highways; Army beards; the fun of Parkrun; and Labour’s public-school plans
Plus: Falling birth rates; the toxic Amazonian gold trade; the Church and slavery; the luxurious lives of racehorses; and outrageous operas
Plus: Hatred on campus; women at the Carlton Club; zoos’ modern role; a rift within the Church of England; and hats off to British millinery
Plus; A culture of lawlessness; supporting cancer charities; bungled state pensions; the sorry state of our roads; and prettier pylons
Plus: Low-traffic schemes; support for Ukraine; Covid failings; Church links with the slave trade; racehorse cruelty; and photo fakery
Plus: Simpler tax; Waspi payouts; Britain’s mental health; picturesque pylons; England’s controversial kit; and policing club memberships
Plus: Women’s pensions; dysfunctional HMRC; mental-health culture; the ‘Venice of the Cotswolds’; Banksy vandalised; and Waitrose rewards
Plus: Local councils’ war on motorists; Israel in Eurovision; fewer Tweets of the Day; women at the Garrick; and nationalistic landscapes
Plus: Royal photographs; fewer fines for drivers; Lloyds’ insult to widows; welcoming the Muslim war memorial; and Bermudan hot cross buns
Plus: A journey to Dignitas; parking firm tactics; Waitrose rewards; why the NHS net-zero drive will endanger patients; and post-war sweets
Plus: Net zero and the NHS; MPs’ ill-deserved pay rise; Lord Bamford on Covid debt; Ovo incompetence; and sweet memories of milk bottle gums
Plus: Tackling extremism; Tory party splits; energy bill shocks; keeping children active; expensive vets; and condiment caution
Plus: Ruinous energy bills; India’s greener future; Pope Francis on Ukraine; sensible French; and school house names immune to ‘wokery’
Plus: Voting for Reform UK; the Princess and the picture; jobs for asylum seekers; Theresa May’s mistake; and the parakeet lottery
Plus: The Princess of Wales’s photograph; net zero in perspective; Lord Balfour’s portrait; pets in church; and medicinal mustard
Plus: In defence of Theresa May; inept pothole repairs; a Boris Johnson comeback; unpredictable parakeets; and the importance of JS Mill
Plus: The Forces’ fight against a damaging malarial drug; keeping up with technology; reading Classical Hebrew; and narrowly avoided names
Plus: Exit Theresa May; Jews’ safety in London; Biden vs Trump, again; myths about the triple lock; Brighton’s decline; and boozy mustard